The Empty Nest?

Nov 20, 2024 | Parenting | 0 comments

About 6 years ago, I declared my husband and I to be empty nesters. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Since that time we’ve had children coming, going, moving in, moving out, and plopping in our house for an hour to days at a time. Covid was responsible for some of it...

I’ve Never Told Anyone This

Feb 28, 2024 | Parenting, Relationships

Coaching and therapy are two unique helping modalities that are based on a confidential relationship between the client and the coach or therapist. It’s a crucial part of that relationship because without it . . .  well without it, why bother? Having a safe place...

2022 Wrap-Up and Wishes for 2023

Jan 1, 2023 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem, Parenting | 1 comment

2022 was certainly more fun than 2020 and 2021. Although COVID is still an issue, it is not the issue that it was the previous two years. Travel picked up, seeing people in-person picked up, and the year progressed in a way that I didn’t expect after the rather...

Empty Nest Redux, Redux

Dec 1, 2022 | Parenting | 2 comments

I’ve claimed an empty nest on and off for the past four years. Each time I’ve been wrong, but I’m willing to try again. In September, our sweet dog left us for squirrels in the sky and in October, our youngest chose to move away from his parents who were annoying the...

My Daughter, My Husband, and Me

Sep 17, 2022 | Parenting

This week, my daughter turned twenty-five years old and my husband turned sixty years old. When we brought our baby girl home from the hospital, it was his thirty-fifth birthday. I was exhausted and overwhelmed and when we walked in the door, I handed him our daughter...

Back To School? Not This Year.

Aug 27, 2022 | Parenting

For the first time in many years, I will not be sending a child off to school. My oldest is in graduate school, but he lives with his wife and I’m not paying so it doesn’t feel as if I’m actually sending him off. Every August, for many years, has been a busy time...